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Help identifying opuntia

10 years ago

Hi, can someone please identify this opuntia prickly pear cactus for me? I'm in Orlando, Florida and found it on the side of the road growing randomly (like members in my other posts told me I would if I opened my eyes lol) and snagged some of it right before rush hour traffic hit. I didn't take a picture of the mother plant but I pulled it up on Google earth, and will attach a pic of that image. It has a wooden like trunk, no spines expect for some wobbly bits on the tips of the younger immature pads, and no glochids that I could see/ feel (I ran my hands up and down it as far as I could reach). It has few areola per pad and the skin of the pads are smooth to the touch. I tried those identify my cactus search engines and they didn't work out for me. I think it might be 'opuntia focus indica' but I'm new to this so any help would be greatly appreciated :) Also, does anyone know what the brown stuff on the pads is?








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